“How dare you, a person as lowly and insignificant as an ant, dream of becoming the imperial consort? You deserve this!”

Although the beauty sitting on the chair had a cold face, she couldn’t hide the thrilling beauty in her face. She was the cross-dressing girl who whipped Shan Yu in the theater before, and she was also the biological sister of the emperor, Princess Linlang.

She whipped Lian Zhou, not only ripping his skin and flesh to pieces but also raised her eyes and flicked the pearls on Lian Zhou’s face one by one, humiliating him nakedly.

Lian Zhou was pushed to the ground by two powerful guards. He could not resist. They had also tapped his mute acupuncture points, so he could not even cry out in pain.

It was true that there were mountains beyond mountains and buildings beyond buildings. No matter how willful Lian Zhou was, he couldn’t be as arrogant as the princess.

When Shan Yu came in, Princess Linlang was instructing people to take off Lian Zhou’s clothes, smiling viciously: “Take off this bitch who dares to seduce my imperial brother and throw him into the street! Let’s see if my imperial brother still wants him!”

“Stop!” Shan Yu hurriedly shouted. Looking at Lian Zhou kneeling on the ground covered in blood, pain appeared in his eyes, and at the same time, his heart became angry.

Linlang had a good impression of Shan Yu. Because of his knowledge, she was not punished by her imperial brother in the theater before, so she was very merciful and did not let Shan Yu get trouble. She just raised her chin and stood proudly, looking at him: “Is that you?”

Shan Yu pretended not to know her identity and grabbed the whip at her feet, causing the unsuspecting princess to stagger.

“You!” Linlang exclaimed, but before she had time to react, the whip handle fell out of her hand.

Shan Yu held the whip slightly in his hand, controlled the handle of the whip exquisitely, and struck the Quchi and Shaohai points on the princess’s left and right arms with two snaps. His movements were clean and neat, and there was no hint of mercy at all.

Linlang suddenly felt soreness in her arms and weakness in her wrists. She took a step forward. If the attendants around her had not supported her, she would have knelt down and kowtowed to Shan Yu.

“You damn bastard! You! You actually dared to touch this princess!”

The princess’s little face, which was as big as a palm, was swollen by the whip. She glared at Shan Yu, as if she had never been so humiliated. She gritted her teeth for a long time before shouting angrily to the attendant who was supporting her: “Why are you still standing there! Why don’t you go and chop off this bastard’s head!”

At such critical moments in novels, the protagonist could always save the day, because the protagonist couldn’t die and had an aura of invincibility that was difficult for supporting characters to match.

In the real world, Shan Yu had nothing like in the novel situation.

He held the whip in his hand to protect Lian Zhou and looked at the guards approaching step by step with swords in hand. He thought of a hundred possibilities of escape in his mind, but he couldn’t let go of Wan Qiu.

Therefore, it was really not feasible to act on impulse.

When Shan Yu was forced into a corner, he suddenly missed his superior social status before time travel and hated this feudal society with its strict hierarchy.

Fortunately, the road was boundless, and His Majesty the Emperor, the legendary wise and powerful emperor who made Lian Zhou fall in love at first sight, finally appeared.

He glanced at Princess Linlang in a neutral way, glanced at Shan Yu who was protecting Lian Zhou in a neutral way, and finally said apologetically to Lian Zhou that he was late and everything was fine. No matter whether it was light or serious, it was revealed.

The emperor left a lot of rewards and took away Lian Zhou, who was covered in blood but smiled sweetly.

Shan Yu stood quietly in the messy room. After a long silence, he slammed the remaining white jade cup on the table to the ground.

The jade lamp hit the stone, and the debris flew. Wan Qiu, who was standing at the door with his child in his arms, couldn’t hide in time. One of his bare feet was affected, and a small cut was made.

Wan Qiu raised his eyes blankly and found that clouds were gathering between Shan Yu’s brows, and he was no longer as elegant and gentle as before. He immediately subconsciously hugged the frightened little bun in his arms and took a few steps back.

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It was several days before Lian Zhou came back.

The morning light was slightly bright, and a clear line of light appeared on the horizon.

A shuanger in palace attire sat on a chair. His gorgeous red clothes were illuminated with a golden hue in the morning light. His face was as beautiful as jade, and he was as gorgeous as the sky.

Lian Zhou’s injuries had healed, and it was evident that he was well taken care of by the emperor. Only the cinnabar between his eyebrows was no longer as bright as before; it was slightly dim. After all, he had given up both physically and mentally.

“Shan Yu, I will follow him back to the capital, Chang’an, in a few days. Will you come with me?”

“Go with you?”

“Yes, I told him to let you join the palace as a imperial doctor, so that we don’t have to be separated. I am unfamiliar with the place and I am afraid of being alone…”

Having said all that needed to be said long ago, Shan Yu was too lazy to do any more useless work. He slowly poured a cup of herbal tea for Lian Zhou and said warmly, “This is your favorite tea. Drink it.”

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When Lian Zhou woke up, it was already dark outside. Shan Yu was sitting by the bed with lowered eyebrows, not knowing what he was thinking.

“Shan Yu? You…you drugged me? You! What are you doing? Let me go!”

“Lian Zhou, have you ever thought that he approached you on purpose?”

Shan Yu turned his back to Lian Zhou, tapped his index finger on his knees, and spoke slowly: “You told me that you have similar interests. He also has your favorite tea fragrance, which makes you feel like home. You two are perfect in every aspect… He is so perfect and understands you so well. It seems like he was born for you, tailored to your preferences…”

Shan Yu turned around, looked at Lian Zhou on the bed, and said, “Is there really such a lover who is 100% in tune with your heart?”

“Yes!” Lian Zhou didn’t think about the meaning of Shan Yu’s words at all but said anxiously, “He is the perfect lover in my mind! Let me go quickly!”

Shan Yu frowned, “Don’t forget your identity as a prostitute. Do you think he will marry someone from a brothel to become an imperial consort?”

“My household identity has been changed a long time ago.”

“He is the emperor. How could he not investigate the identity of the person close to him? Besides, the person who helped you change your household identity is an official under the emperor. Will he deceive the emperor for you?”

Lian Zhou was stunned and remained silent for a long time before saying, “Wei Zifu was just a singer back then. Didn’t she also become an empress? Why can’t I? Besides… besides, he knows my innocence best…”

Lian Zhou was so stubborn that even if he was beaten to death, he wouldn’t listen to what others said.

Shan Yu gave him another cup of herbal tea mixed with medicine and prepared to send Lian Zhou to the Forest of the Dead when night fell, planning to release him after the emperor left.

Anyway, there were only two options left and right.

One way was to let Lian Zhou go. If something went wrong in the future, Shan Yu would blame himself.

The other was to prevent Lian Zhou from getting hurt, which might make him miss his beloved. In short, this choice would undoubtedly make Lian Zhou hate Shan Yu for the rest of his life.

But it didn’t matter. Shan Yu wouldn’t let Lian Zhou go with the emperor; he could hate him if he wanted. Anyway, Shan Yu couldn’t watch Lian Zhou jump into the fire pit.

Shan Yu called Wan Qiu to the door of Lian Zhou’s room and told him, “Watch him carefully and don’t let him come out. I’ll go out and be back soon.”

Wan Qiu nodded and guarded the door nervously. After a while, he heard a heavy object falling in the room and a scream from Lian Zhou.

“Ah! Help! Wan Qiu! Help me quickly!”